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Styles Case report 17: Patagonia vs. Columbia Sportswear E I Patagonia is a private, certified benefit corporation (B Corp). Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM) is a publicly traded corporation that is listed on NASDAQ. Compare these two companies' corporate governance and corporate social responsibility definitions, strategies and performances. Discuss below questions from the perspective of a financial manager. 1. Can Patagonia still be a B Corp if it decides to go public? What are the possible advantages and disadvantages? 2. Does Columbia Sportswear Company invest in corporate social responsibility as much as Patagonia does? Why / Why not? 3. Would Columbia Sportswear Company benefit from becoming a public B Corp? (Hint: You can check the performances of public B Corps and how they perform compared to their industry competitors from the last link below) Max. 3 pages long, should include at least 1000 words with 1-inch margins on top-bottom-left- right with 1.5 spacing and Times New Roman 12-font. One more page for references (provide all the web links you cite). Styles Case report 17: Patagonia vs. Columbia Sportswear E I Patagonia is a private, certified benefit corporation (B Corp). Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM) is a publicly traded corporation that is listed on NASDAQ. Compare these two companies' corporate governance and corporate social responsibility definitions, strategies and performances. Discuss below questions from the perspective of a financial manager. 1. Can Patagonia still be a B Corp if it decides to go public? What are the possible advantages and disadvantages? 2. Does Columbia Sportswear Company invest in corporate social responsibility as much as Patagonia does? Why / Why not? 3. Would Columbia Sportswear Company benefit from becoming a public B Corp? (Hint: You can check the performances of public B Corps and how they perform compared to their industry competitors from the last link below) Max. 3 pages long, should include at least 1000 words with 1-inch margins on top-bottom-left- right with 1.5 spacing and Times New Roman 12-font. One more page for references (provide all the web links you cite)